Author: Matthew Daly

In a major reversal, EPA chief Lee Zeldin said he will try to rescind $20 billion in grants awarded by the Biden administration for climate and clean-energy projects.

WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Chris Wright to serve as energy secretary, a key post to promote President Donald Trump’s efforts to achieve U.S. “energy dominance” in the global market.

Zeldin will help President Donald Trump fulfill his pledge to roll back major environmental regulations, including those aimed at slowing climate change and encouraging use of EVs.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, an effort to block action by the incoming administration to expand offshore drilling.

Biden said the new goal keeps the U.S. on track to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions economy-wide by 2050. It calls for reducing net emissions by 61% to 66% below 2005 levels in 2035.

WASHINGTON — The United States should proceed cautiously as officials consider new natural gas export terminals, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Dec. 17.

WASHINGTON — The EPA enhanced enforcement efforts in 2024, doubling financial penalties issued to polluters and issuing the first arrest for a climate change-related crime, the agency said.

WASHINGTON — Oil and natural gas companies for the first time will have to pay a federal fee if they emit dangerous methane above certain levels under a rule by the Biden administration.

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is awarding nearly $3 billion to boost climate-friendly equipment and infrastructure at ports across the country.

WASHINGTON — The GOP-controlled House approved a resolution that would overturn a new Biden administration rule on automobile emissions.